Tilting ammunition-wagon.



W. MAYER.

TILTING AMMUNITION WAGON.

AIPLIOATIOR TILED 0M. 19, 1911.

. ,045,719. Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

To all 'wlwm itmay concern:

-' Be itknown that. I, WILHELM MAYER, a

WILHELM MAYER, or ESSEN-ON-THE-RU'HR, GERMANY,

AKTIENGESELLSCH AFT,

subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany,

' have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting Ammunition-Wagons,-

of which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates 'to tilting ammunition wagons and the object of the invention is to provide a protecting root from the enemys fire for the cannoneers standing behind the ammunition chest, by shifting the armor plate foot-board.

The invention affords the advantage that the arrangement of turn-over seats for the cannoneers, which have hitherto been employed. to protect them against steeply talling splinters of shells, or the necessity of carrying special protective shields for the same purpose, is rendered superfluous. I

In the drawing is illustrated one embodiment of the invention wherein- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of an ammunition wagon, partly in section with the ammunition chest tilted; Fig. "2, a top plan view of the ammunition wagon in traveling position.

A denotes the ammunition chest and B the armor plate foot-board. They are both made easily detachable from each other by means of the hinges a b and key bolts, Fig. 1. In the traveling position of the ammunition -wagon two hinged bars C, connected with the foot-board'B at one end, and with the front wall A of the ammunition chest A at the. other end keep the foot-board in place.

'The sockets for the hinged bars are arranged so that the foot-board may be swung, after detaching the connection a Z), into such a position, that it projects gver the top edge I I TILTING- AMMUNITIbN-WAGON.

Specification .51 Letters Patent. Application filed October 1 1911. Serial No. 655,626.

board and partly detachable connections A. In. this position, dash linesin Fig.- l, t-utes aprojecting roof againstthe enemys fire, for the cannoneers stationed behind the ammunition wagon chest is tilted over.

I claim: 1. In a tilting ammunition Wagon having an ammunition chest, an armor plate footbetween said footboard and said chest, whereby said footboard may be 'swungfrom its normal into a protecting position for the cannoneers when the ammunition chest is tilted from its normal position, by partly detaching said connections. H 2. In a tilting ammunition wagon having an ammunition chest; a foot-board, comprising an armor plate body, detachable conindicated by dot and nections between the inner end of said armor I plate body and the ammunition chest, a set of connecting bars between said armor plate body and said ammunition chest, hinged connections between said armor plate-body and said connecting bars nd other hinged connections between said )nmmunition chest and said connecting bars;'.for he purpose of swinging said toot-board int) a protective position for the cannoneers when the ammunition chest is tilted outof its normal position;-

The foregoing specification signed at Barmen, Germany, this 80th day of September, 1911.

WILHELM MAYER. [n.s]

In presence of L. NurER, ALBERT NUFEB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912'.

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of the front side A of the ammunition chest the foot-board consti- 

